Akerib, DS;
Akerlof, CW;
Akimov, DY;
Alquahtani, A;
Alsum, SK;
Anderson, TJ;
Angelides, N;
... et alia, .; + view all
(2020)
The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) radioactivity and cleanliness control programs.
European Physical Journal C
, 80
(11)
, Article 1044. 10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-8420-x.
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Abstract
LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a second-generation direct dark matter experiment with spin-independent WIMP-nucleon scattering sensitivity above 1.4×10^{-48} cm^{2} for a WIMP mass of 40GeV/c^{2} and a 1000days exposure. LZ achieves this sensitivity through a combination of a large 5.6t fiducial volume, active inner and outer veto systems, and radio-pure construction using materials with inherently low radioactivity content. The LZ collaboration performed an extensive radioassay campaign over a period of six years to inform material selection for construction and provide an input to the experimental background model against which any possible signal excess may be evaluated. The campaign and its results are described in this paper. We present assays of dust and radon daughters depositing on the surface of components as well as cleanliness controls necessary to maintain background expectations through detector construction and assembly. Finally, examples from the campaign to highlight fixed contaminant radioassays for the LZ photomultiplier tubes, quality control and quality assurance procedures through fabrication, radon emanation measurements of major sub-systems, and bespoke detector systems to assay scintillator are presented.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) radioactivity and cleanliness control programs |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-8420-x |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-8420-x |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2020 Springer Nature Switzerland AG. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10114751 |
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